# NTSB SEA68D0243: Piper PA-12, N2577M, Mccall, ID, February 6, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1968
- Place: Mccall, ID · MCCALL, ID
- Location: 44.9084° N, 116.1125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCall, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9084&lon=-116.1125&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0243
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0243

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2536   68/2/6    MCCALL,ID           PIPER PA-12         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1650                    N2577M              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 46, 4862 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            483 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCALL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- CLEVIS SAFETY PIN OF RT REAR SKI CABLE FAILED ON PREVIOUS T/O. SKI BECAME REVERSED,DUG INTO SNOW.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2577M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2577M), registered now, S/N 12-1051, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mccall

## Other investigations on N2577M (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC92LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA172), Sep 14, 1992: Piper PA-12-150 (N2577M), Upper Yantarni, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTANT ENCOUNTER WITH AERODYNAMIC STALL DURING LOW LEVEL APPROACH TURN. FACTOR AFFECTING THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S APPROACH PROCEDURE/TECHNIQUE TO FLY VFR APPROACH PATTERN…
- [NTSB DEN84LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA132), Apr 20, 1984: Piper PA-12 (N2577M), Jackson, WY, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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